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	Image	s1725-London-VanderGucht-01-022
	Illustration No.	1
	Illustrator	Charles-Antoine Coypel (copied after)
	Engraver	Gerard van der Gucht (?)
	Lithographer
	Title Caption	Donna Rodriguez in Discourse with Don Quixot in the Night is surprized by the Dutchess's Maids
	Title Supplied
	Part	Part II, Madrid 1615
	Chapter	Chapter 48
	Subject	48.1 Doña Rodríguez visits DQ at night in his room
	Illustration Type	Illustration
	Technique	Burin engraving
	Color	Black and white
	Volume	I
	Page Number	22
	Image Dimension	268 x 285
	Page Dimension	347 x 470
	Commentary	On the left, don Quixote, bandaged and in bed, and doña Rodríguez talking by the light of a candle (accurate to Cervantes' text). From the right, Altisidora and other Duchess' maidens arrive holding their slippers; one of them is almost catching doña Rodríguez. Extraordinary detailed setting (furniture, canopy, clock...). Coypel has inserted one anecdotal element: a cat observing a mouse. Excellent light and shadow effects; drawing and engraving of great quality.
	Notes	1 - From set "Sold by G. Vander Gucht in Queen Street Bloomsbury" (London, c. 1728-30 or later); numbered as plate 22. 2 - Copy engraved by Gerard van der Gucht? after Coypel's illustration (Paris: Surugue, c. 1728-30); the composition has been turned in comparison with Coypel's, but they both have the same large horizontal format.